All Things D is Haunted by the Man Who Isn't Here — This year, as with the last ten, several hundred top digerati have flocked to Southern California for the All Things D tech conference. As in previous years, the roster of speakers, interviewed by conference runners Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher …

Ari Emanuel Wants You to Shut Up and Pay Up — The D10 conference kicked off yesterday with a gospel choir and a marching band. Tonight, we got a pro wrestling match. — In one corner: Ari Emanuel, playing the role of “Hollywood guy who thinks Hollywood is in pretty great shape.”

Google, Facebook vie for stake in Vevo — It's a battle of the tech brands. — Both Google CEO Larry Page and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg are exploring an investment in Vevo as part of a broader partnership with the music-video service, The Post has learned.

Inside Google X's Project Glass, Part I — Google's Project Glass product lead Steve Lee walks us through his experience with the development of the company's sci-fi-inspired eyewear—from his team's “hundreds of variations and dozens of early prototypes” to his vision of the future.

So Why Is LinkedIn An IPO Standout? — Earlier this morning at D10 KPCB analyst Mary Meeker showed a pretty definitive slide about the current state of the public markets with regards to tech companies. “The private market is in a bubble,” Meeker said, “We have a $1 billion fund …

Inside Nokia's Struggle Against Apple's iPhone — Nokia Corp.'s new top-of-the-line smartphone sells for $200 less than Apple Inc.'s cheapest iPhone 4S. But under the hood, Nokia actually pays more for the phone's components, according to an analysis—underscoring the challenges …

Why we need to blow the article up in order to save it — Many media outlets — and not just traditional players like newspapers or magazines, but even some newer and more digital-savvy ones — still think of the article or the story as the bedrock foundation of news and journalism.

Grubwithus Raises $5M to Expand Communal Dining Platform — Looking to go out to eat with friends, but short on the friends? Startup Grubwithus was among the first to offer an option for organizing dinners among like-minded individuals who might not know each other in an offline setting, though the idea is catching on.

Broadcasters Dispute Aereo in Court Over TV Technology — A lawyer representing TV startup Aereo Inc. on Wednesday argued that the company's new television-streaming service doesn't violate copyright law because it records show content before transmitting it to viewers …

Congress to look at future of Internet control — (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers will delve on Thursday into an international debate on whether to hand more control of the Internet to the United Nations, a move many fear would turn it into a political bargaining chip for censorship and global taxes on Web companies.

Oracle Loses (Yet) Another Battle in War on Google — Despite countless setbacks, Oracle continues to argue that Google ripped off its intellectual property Image: MartinBowling/Flickr — In the waning Java war between Oracle and Google, Oracle has lost another fight.

Researchers Link Flame Virus to Stuxnet and Duqu — SAN FRANCISCO — Security experts have only begun examining the thousands of lines of code that make up Flame, an extensive, data-mining computer virus that has been designed to steal information from computers across the Middle East …

Quip: A New iPad Twitter App With A Focus On Conversations — I have often written about the need for developers of third-party Twitter clients to focus on different, fresh experiences aimed at providing a new take on mobile tweeting. On iOS, as I have previously argued, apps like Tweetbot …

Tim Cook at the D Conference: Between the Lines — Apple boss Tim Cook spoke Tuesday night at the D10 conference, his first major public interview since becoming CEO of Apple last year. His chat touched on everything from what he learned from Steve Jobs to his big-picture goal for Apple: to build great products, of course.